Originally Posted By: aardwolfe
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I watched him a few years ago make a bucksaw out of spruce tree branches but he "cheated" (his words); he used another bucksaw to cut the branches to size. He says it takes too long to do it just using the blade itself, although he used to do it that way.


I am glad to hear that he cheated!

I made a busksaw to his intructions 2 weeks ago but cheated on the slots for the blade using another saw as well since I feared splitting the wood

If you want to see Mors's making a bucksaw and my attempt at one it is here:

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23000
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